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first before anything is florida. if obama wins florida-- and i agree with the consensus here that it tilts to romney-- if obama wins florida it's game, set, match. the other guy can't win. but apart from that i want to look at first of all -- i want to look at this profile. i want to see what the latino vote is, how big it is. i want to see how the youth vote compares to last time. my guess is some issues we thought would be big a couple months ago like medicare haven't been big at all and i want to see again mark mentioned those places earlier. ohio is a fascinating place because it's so diverse. and the valley as nothing in common with hamilton county yet they'll both be critical in different ways so it will be a fascinating election no matter what. >> rose: hamilton county is reflective of what? >> it's an incredibly diverse county. it's the home of the tafts. it was a reliable -- cincinnati was a reliable republican stronghold. it's become much more diverse. it has a large african american population, a latino po
first before anything is florida. if obama wins florida-- and i agree with the consensus here that it tilts to romney-- if obama wins florida it's game, set, match. the other guy can't win. but apart from that i want to look at first of all -- i want to look at this profile. i want to see what the latino vote is, how big it is. i want to see how the youth vote compares to last time. my guess is some issues we thought would be big a couple months ago like medicare haven't been big at all and i...
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going to be close were close and the president won all of them and we're still waiting to hear back on florida, obviously. but the message that was sent here was a couple of things. the president's message of this has been a tough four years, things are improving, give me a chance to keep trying to do and improve what we've been doing i think was listened to. i think the argument of the other side and that was just kind of an anti-message didn't resonate. demographic changes and an enormously sophisticated well-run campaign by the president was a game changer as far as this campaign was concerned. they took politics in campaigning as an organization to a very different level. >> rose: many people are saying it was the best job of campaigning they've ever seen. what was it they understood in your judgment? >> i think they understood who it is and what motivates their voters. and what you needed to do over a sustained period of time, not just in the last month or two. much of the structure of this campaign run by jim messina was set up beginning in' 11. so you had hundreds of people with dozens
going to be close were close and the president won all of them and we're still waiting to hear back on florida, obviously. but the message that was sent here was a couple of things. the president's message of this has been a tough four years, things are improving, give me a chance to keep trying to do and improve what we've been doing i think was listened to. i think the argument of the other side and that was just kind of an anti-message didn't resonate. demographic changes and an enormously...
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they'd driven in not just from florida, but also michigan, virginia, arkansas, and elsewhere. they brought tools, fuel, even spare utility poles. early every morning, the workers show up for another 16-hour day; dispatchers distribute their marching orders; and then the trucks roll out for destinations around new jersey. it's almost like a military operation. >> the moving a small army of guys some as far south of miami to south of miami up to new jersey. that say logistical accomplishment in itself. >> reporter: ralph grant of florida power and light is in new jersey to supervise operations around the company's high-tech mobile command center. his company, naturally, has a lot of experience dealing with hurricanes. but snowstorms like the one that blanketed the northeast on wednesday are brand new to many of the company's workers. >> it isn't quite what we expected when we came up for hurricane restoreation. >> all of the utility >> reporter: all of the utility workers that we spoke to said its an incredibly rewarding feeling once they've managed to restore power to customers
they'd driven in not just from florida, but also michigan, virginia, arkansas, and elsewhere. they brought tools, fuel, even spare utility poles. early every morning, the workers show up for another 16-hour day; dispatchers distribute their marching orders; and then the trucks roll out for destinations around new jersey. it's almost like a military operation. >> the moving a small army of guys some as far south of miami to south of miami up to new jersey. that say logistical...
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can i go back to florida? we're seeing numbers out of the miami-dade county, and they're good for obama. the huge hispanic turnout there and particularly huge non-cuban latino turnout. >> ifill: the growing latino population. >> woodruff: is it more than 84%? >> i was just beginning to look. miami-dade took a while to come in and obama outperform ago. >> ifill: that takes us back to something we touched on during the evening and we probably should come back to it again the power of the latino vote, and the degree that's tipping outcomes in so many of these races. >> if you look at nationwide, the number of people who qualify as voters, 11% of those are latino. the turnout has been lower among latinos than other groups, about 8%. but it's inching up, and as the share of the population inches up, it becomes a crucial swing-- or not a swing, but a crucial shift in demographics. >> there's no question. and, i mean, look at new mexico. new mexico was a state in play, and it was taken off the board early this year.
can i go back to florida? we're seeing numbers out of the miami-dade county, and they're good for obama. the huge hispanic turnout there and particularly huge non-cuban latino turnout. >> ifill: the growing latino population. >> woodruff: is it more than 84%? >> i was just beginning to look. miami-dade took a while to come in and obama outperform ago. >> ifill: that takes us back to something we touched on during the evening and we probably should come back to it again...
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he lost in iowa, new hampshire and florida. just one month into the primaries, romney's campaign was over. >> i entered this race because i love america. i feel i have to now stand aside for our party and for our country. >> narrator: romney had fallen short, unable to secure the presidential nomination. (crowd chanting): mitt! mitt! >> the mitt romney in 2008 was partly a politician and very much a business person and totally a novice to what it meant to be a national candidate. >> narrator: he had spent $45 million of his own money on the campaign. >> on the plane back to boston, following his announcement, he turned to me and he said, "eric, what are you going to do? we've got to figure out what our people are going to do. they're going to be moving on into other jobs." this was not a person who was thinking about running again for president. i think he felt he had his opportunity and the door had closed to him. >> it's a whole new political world for the president. >> narrator: november, 2010. >> an historic election for th
he lost in iowa, new hampshire and florida. just one month into the primaries, romney's campaign was over. >> i entered this race because i love america. i feel i have to now stand aside for our party and for our country. >> narrator: romney had fallen short, unable to secure the presidential nomination. (crowd chanting): mitt! mitt! >> the mitt romney in 2008 was partly a politician and very much a business person and totally a novice to what it meant to be a national...
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up next florida congressman allen west. the race is heated >>> the rice on to get power restored across the northeast as temperatures dip near freezing. nearly two million homes don't interest electricity. forecasters predicting a nor'easter will slam the region on wednesday. the new jersey governor saying significant progress mass been made toward getting power back on in his state. the feds are looking for apartments and hotels ferriheme who have no place to live. fuel shortages still a problem. gas rationing in new jersey. new york's mayor saying the problems are getting better. he is louisiana advising those riding buses and subways to expect a crowded monday morning commute. i'm marianne rafferty. back to "on the record." for the latest headlines, log on to fox news .com. . >> oo the fight for florida it is a flood fest. tampa bay times bay news 9 leaves president obama 51 percent to 25 percent in florida. the college poll president obama is leading governor romney 49 percent to 47 percent. 8 point difference between t
up next florida congressman allen west. the race is heated >>> the rice on to get power restored across the northeast as temperatures dip near freezing. nearly two million homes don't interest electricity. forecasters predicting a nor'easter will slam the region on wednesday. the new jersey governor saying significant progress mass been made toward getting power back on in his state. the feds are looking for apartments and hotels ferriheme who have no place to live. fuel shortages...
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florida. so it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> check those numbers, what do you make of those states? is that a good list? >> i think the ceiling is somewhere 300, 303 if you want to be exact the numbers i've done. if you throw in north carolina it could be 318 max. that's possible. they could all be 51, 49 at the end of the day. i do want to say i think a lot of us, we're sort of victims of 2004. before 2004 we were all more convinced of the challenger incumbent rule. that somehow challengers always got the undecided and then a tie goes to the challenger. then you're happened when bush won frankly as many of the undecided as he did. then you'd have to go back to '76 the last time the person with momentum lost at the end. lost the popular vote. that was ford. ford had the momentum but carter won in the end. even gore, he had the last-second momentum. he did win the popular vote. having the momentum has it in the end. >> what's it going to mean for obama if obama wins it is t
florida. so it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> check those numbers, what do you make of those states? is that a good list? >> i think the ceiling is somewhere 300, 303 if you want to be exact the numbers i've done. if you throw in north carolina it could be 318 max. that's possible. they could all be 51, 49 at the end of the day. i do want to say i think a lot of us, we're sort of victims of 2004. before 2004 we were all more convinced of the challenger incumbent...
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hollywood, florida. the president will travel to cincinnati, ohio, and a late- night rally in colorado. today is part of campaign 2012 review live events of the president of candidates and their surrogates on the trail. we want to get your thoughts on what you've heard. you've heard from the president in hollywood, florida and other events today. independents, 202, 585, 382. we will get to your phone calls in just a minute. let me begin with the state capital bureau chief for the tampa bay times during us to talk about president obama's event. why hollywood florida? tell us about his strategy here. >> think you very much. great question. the answer is an odd is 1 for anyone who studies politics. hollywood, fla., is the second- largest city and robert county florida. it is one of the most heavily democratic urban counties in the united states of america. president obama needs a huge turnout in brought word county. in recent elections it has been underperforming. it did not underperform in 2008. but he nee
hollywood, florida. the president will travel to cincinnati, ohio, and a late- night rally in colorado. today is part of campaign 2012 review live events of the president of candidates and their surrogates on the trail. we want to get your thoughts on what you've heard. you've heard from the president in hollywood, florida and other events today. independents, 202, 585, 382. we will get to your phone calls in just a minute. let me begin with the state capital bureau chief for the tampa bay...
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of course florida is also very important. when you look at the polls righ right now -- we're getting ready for the introduction of barack obama. this is a college graduate, she was someone who suffer eed kidn failure and was able to stay on her parents policy after college. it's very popular for a plan that's not overall popular. you look at the polls here in florida, and they're very close, neck and neck. some polls actually have mitt romney ahead, but overall, it looks like a very tight race. so president obama concentrating some of his effort there, but a lot of it there in the midwestern states, particularly in ohio. >> so the president is not taking florida for granted, even though he won florida four years ago, depending on which poll you're looking at, there's a 3%, 4% margin of error between he and mitt romney. what is the last ditch effort that he can give to floridians now. what is it that he could say to those who they be thinking about going republican or who may be undecided there in florida? >> reporter: and tha
of course florida is also very important. when you look at the polls righ right now -- we're getting ready for the introduction of barack obama. this is a college graduate, she was someone who suffer eed kidn failure and was able to stay on her parents policy after college. it's very popular for a plan that's not overall popular. you look at the polls here in florida, and they're very close, neck and neck. some polls actually have mitt romney ahead, but overall, it looks like a very tight race....
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it's very, very close in florida. i'm not ready to say that romney will win it, but it is very close. i still think -- you know i have been saying this for several weeks that the latino vote will give president obama more than an edge in places like florida and nav mav and colorado and arizona even possibly to be able to give him that win, but i do think, again, going into it, he has the lead in terms of the paths to get to 270 from an electoral standpoint, so i think the obama campaign is feeling very good right now. >> let me ask you about this, because the romney campaign is telling allies to sort of talk up the republican chances in democratic leaning states, forcing obama on defense is what they're trying to do. is this a strategy, do you think, that can work by just trying to send out that message? >> well, look, momentum and the image of momentum is important for both camps, and there's people who like to vote for the winner. they like to say on wednesday night, i voted for the guy on -- on wednesday morning, i
it's very, very close in florida. i'm not ready to say that romney will win it, but it is very close. i still think -- you know i have been saying this for several weeks that the latino vote will give president obama more than an edge in places like florida and nav mav and colorado and arizona even possibly to be able to give him that win, but i do think, again, going into it, he has the lead in terms of the paths to get to 270 from an electoral standpoint, so i think the obama campaign is...
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this is florida, you see a lot of visits. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the democrats will win the southernmost counties, will the jewish votes be less. will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part of the state. you see them both competing here in the i-4 corridor, where you find independents. vice president and paul ryan, i'll pull out the map as we close the conversation. that's just paul ryan, that's just vice president biden, that's governor romney. and that's president obama. notice the pattern, in the last couple weeks, this is the last two weeks. the last two weeks of this campaign, about 9 states have gotten the attention, the rest of you just get to watch. >> thanks very much. we're awaiting speeches as i said by president obama and romney. romney's wrapping up election eve at
this is florida, you see a lot of visits. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the democrats will win the southernmost counties, will the jewish votes be less. will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part of the state. you see them both competing here in the...
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right now you're on live television in florida and across the country. what time can you vote tomorrow morning? and if you get in line by 7:00, is it? you get to vote no matter when it comes your turn, is that right? >> absolutely. polls open at 7:00. they close at 7:00. if you are in line at 7:00, they will keep that polling place open until everyone has voted. so don't feel like you need to walk away. stay in line. as we saw saturday night, if it takes past midnight, we'll go past midnight until the last vote is counted. >> all right. bob, what do you want to say to the voters? put up the crap and get there, right? >> listen. look back at 2000 when the supreme court ultimately said we don't have enough time to count the votes. they did, actually. so we're just going to make george bush president. look at the consequences that flowed from that. so if you have to wait an hour, be if you have to wait two hours, three hours, it's unfair, we ought to make it illegal, it ought to be a crime to stop people from voting in this country but go out there and do i
right now you're on live television in florida and across the country. what time can you vote tomorrow morning? and if you get in line by 7:00, is it? you get to vote no matter when it comes your turn, is that right? >> absolutely. polls open at 7:00. they close at 7:00. if you are in line at 7:00, they will keep that polling place open until everyone has voted. so don't feel like you need to walk away. stay in line. as we saw saturday night, if it takes past midnight, we'll go past...
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the romney people are going to florida and virginia. they believe in their model they fear it might be the obama turnout model they play if they are fighting for states that are in the bag. i don't recall an election quite like it. one that is so in the air and so many people i respect who know how to read these things have come totally michael barone somebody i respect who is projecting 300 on the other side for romney. i disagree about them. they are going to disagree with me. >> there are basically two models what percentage democrats vote and what percentage democrats vote. if you look at 2008 the republicans say that's an anomaly. there's so much enthusiasm for president obama. they should look at a different model. two or four more accurate. is that the simplified version of this? >> if thwhat age groups things like that. if i look at the mix you believe that's what your turnout is going to be. the obama people knew from day one of what the model is supposed to look like what the romney people are looking at. they went out and set
the romney people are going to florida and virginia. they believe in their model they fear it might be the obama turnout model they play if they are fighting for states that are in the bag. i don't recall an election quite like it. one that is so in the air and so many people i respect who know how to read these things have come totally michael barone somebody i respect who is projecting 300 on the other side for romney. i disagree about them. they are going to disagree with me. >> there...
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in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >> it would be difficult to fix it by having one system. the states have primary authority for conducting elections and some of that pass that authority down to the counties and give them leeway in implementation. and it would be extremely challenging because each state has its own traditions, its own culture. >> there is no one big fix to any of this. after the 2000 florida recount, the federal governmental located some money to try and improve things and created an agency called the election assistance commission. the problem with that body is that it doesn't work v
in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >>...
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she had moved with her son to florida from washington, d.c. without permission. and court records also show they didn't correct her son when the boy began to call her sister's husband "dad." of course, the judge ignored the general's silly letters, but the generals did not have the good judgment to know that their silly letters would be ignored by a judge. is david petraeus the first high ranking general to have an affair? general and president dwight eisenhower could tell you that no, he isn't. is david petraeus the first cia director to have an affair? surely he isn't. but what he is is a four-star general and a cia director who had the profoundly bad judgment to engage in the kind of affair that got wildly out of control and left hard drives full of proof of the affair. and so the petraeus affair is not about the sex. and i know when people say it's not about the sex, it is about the sex, but for me, it is not about the sex. i mean it. we should look at the petraeus affair as a useful window, perhaps not the only window, but a useful window into the man's judg
she had moved with her son to florida from washington, d.c. without permission. and court records also show they didn't correct her son when the boy began to call her sister's husband "dad." of course, the judge ignored the general's silly letters, but the generals did not have the good judgment to know that their silly letters would be ignored by a judge. is david petraeus the first high ranking general to have an affair? general and president dwight eisenhower could tell you that...
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the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough, orange, leon along with miami-dade and broward, already saying they're allowing absentee voting right now. so it looks like they're basically trying to get the court to go along with them in what looks like a work-around. the problem is the state legislature also revealed a number of early voting days and the secretary of state has already refused to extend them. so it could be a fight. >> oh, my goodness, this is two days before election day so it's already getting kind of hairy. thank you so much, joe johns. >>> we're expecting mitt romney to speak in cleveland any minute now. i'll bring that to
the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough,...
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the pilot from florida died in the crash. investigators still have not determined what exactly caused the plane to hit the bluff. >>> this appears to be the busiest holiday travel since the start of the great recession according to experts. 5.4million people will drive or take a train from their homes this holiday. there is an increase of 3% from last year and san jose, they expect 2% more passengers. oakland is seeing more travelers but they it not if i have 'exact number. >> are you seeing the exact number? >> dave, i don't. right now we don't see a lot of people to be honest with you, if you look at this picture with me, you see a handful of cars and trucks going on but in an hour if it still looks this way we will have the holiday affect going on. right now traffic is moderate and there are no major problems in san francisco a long 101 approaching the 880 split, traffic looks nice approaching the lower deck of the bay bridge and if you are driving on the peninsular, highway 101 is looking good in both directions. let's go
the pilot from florida died in the crash. investigators still have not determined what exactly caused the plane to hit the bluff. >>> this appears to be the busiest holiday travel since the start of the great recession according to experts. 5.4million people will drive or take a train from their homes this holiday. there is an increase of 3% from last year and san jose, they expect 2% more passengers. oakland is seeing more travelers but they it not if i have 'exact number. >>...
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here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill out there. getting all the attention, but it's great. >> he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romney. >> when she was declared the victor, it was over. >> florida may be too far a bridge for
here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill...
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florida key to all that, that's got 29 electoral votes. see how that stands. look at the board on florida and see how close that is right now between governor romney and president obama right there. still 50%-49%. so close right there right now, 40,000 votes separate president obama from governor romney in that all-important state of florida. >> we're not back to 2000. >> not quite. >> but this is a core separation and another break and when we come back, this news is breaking fast, breaking big and we' >>> and good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. this is election update for you. polls in california now closed and the counting has begun. let's take a look first at santa clara. measure a voters went to polls to vote fon measure a, a question of raising sales tax to fund services we're getting results in. we'll bring them to you as soon as we can. >> we hope to do the same for measure d in san jose raising minimum wage from 8ss today $10 an hour. >> let's focus now on some of the social media become such a huge part of the election like never be
florida key to all that, that's got 29 electoral votes. see how that stands. look at the board on florida and see how close that is right now between governor romney and president obama right there. still 50%-49%. so close right there right now, 40,000 votes separate president obama from governor romney in that all-important state of florida. >> we're not back to 2000. >> not quite. >> but this is a core separation and another break and when we come back, this news is breaking...
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has to start in florida. governor romney need these 29. without them, almost impossible to see him getting there. we lean north carolina his way, he has to keep it the obama campaign says that is not his way. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia, one of the states the president changed to blue last time, 13 there if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it governor romney win with those four, florida, keep north carolina, virginia and ohio, look at that, then he would need just any one, pick one off the menu, win colorado, new hamp hampshire, woe win the election. as you know, the president, romney campaign says it has an enthusiasm edge here, the president had an edge most of the polls in ohio. try to create a scenario asking this question, can governor romney get there without ohio? no republican has ever done it in history, wolf. we have to win colorado. we have to win wisconsin. probably have to win iowa, that would get him over the top if he can do those three, so hard to see
has to start in florida. governor romney need these 29. without them, almost impossible to see him getting there. we lean north carolina his way, he has to keep it the obama campaign says that is not his way. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia, one of the states the president changed to blue last time, 13 there if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it governor romney win with those four, florida, keep north carolina, virginia and...
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he spent a lot of time in north carolina and florida. i am surprised he didn't spend more time in the state of georgia, a state that is under certain scenarios, all of the growth when you look at the census, the african-american and hispanic growth in the state of georgia. there's a lot of things he could have done differently, when it comes to building different and better coalitions in washington, finding his own versions of moderate republicans to come with him. the question is, did he learn lessons if he wins a second term? and maybe are there better ways of building coalitions outside of washington, trying to go to certain places and certain states and trying to overperform in certain states. >> if he wins on tuesday night, he was able to get support because of things he did, killing bin laden, helping out hispanic kids brought to this country at an early age, these are things he did, the thing he did with governor christie the other day, these are actual doing things. >> i think the lesson is, if he wins one of the top two or three
he spent a lot of time in north carolina and florida. i am surprised he didn't spend more time in the state of georgia, a state that is under certain scenarios, all of the growth when you look at the census, the african-american and hispanic growth in the state of georgia. there's a lot of things he could have done differently, when it comes to building different and better coalitions in washington, finding his own versions of moderate republicans to come with him. the question is, did he learn...
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we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out tomorrow morning. look at the ad spending in these three states. noern half a billion collectively in the mega states of flohva. they're not just spending money there, they're spending time. the president will have visited the sunshine state 14 times, for mitt romney it's 16. president obama will have made 19 stops in ohio, governor romney will be there 21 times. so let's get to our special panel. adam smith is the political editor, chris booker, wcmh and larry sabado. larry, let me start with you. the state of virginia, last time it was the closest to the country, the national popular vote. it was the
we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out...
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that's florida for you tonight. florida. it's always florida. there is the possibility of a recount in florida which frankly now mayor may not matter for the president but you have to do it. >> if it's with in 1% of each other. if you are talking about excitement of voters that's maybe your best indication that voters excited in how dominant the economy was in the election. where there are a lot of retirees, medicare, social security, the economy, those were the dominant topics, you wonder why so much time was give tone libya and china and iran who 4% view foreign policy as their top priority. it's the economy. >> and a lot of the republican machine was talk about libya but romney didn't talk as much about it as the people around him did. >> i think it was more about the leadership. the president thought it was a strong point. the critical thing is -- my friend said the economy. we didn't chase it. we should have chased it from start to finish. we didn't convince people that four more years of obama, weighs -- -- the race isn't over. >> but that
that's florida for you tonight. florida. it's always florida. there is the possibility of a recount in florida which frankly now mayor may not matter for the president but you have to do it. >> if it's with in 1% of each other. if you are talking about excitement of voters that's maybe your best indication that voters excited in how dominant the economy was in the election. where there are a lot of retirees, medicare, social security, the economy, those were the dominant topics, you...
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i think we have a chance of winning virginia and florida. it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> joining me now, msnbc/"time" magazine nbc political analyst mark halperin. we just went through all those polls. the national polls, we know it's not a national referendum, but they all tell the same story. it's tied. the president seems to be leading but all within the margin of error. where is this race one day out? >> all within the margin of error. the obama campaign argued from the beginning that they're stronger in the swing states, they've targeted those states from the beginning. they don't look at the national number. in those swing states like in ohio they've targeted white working class voters on the auto bailout. and some of other battle ground states they've targeted hispanics and younger voters and african-americans and women. the president's team has a logic to what they've done. until we see the actual results, there's reason to believe that they're stronger in the battleground states than they are nationally. a one or two-point or even s
i think we have a chance of winning virginia and florida. it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> joining me now, msnbc/"time" magazine nbc political analyst mark halperin. we just went through all those polls. the national polls, we know it's not a national referendum, but they all tell the same story. it's tied. the president seems to be leading but all within the margin of error. where is this race one day out? >> all within the margin of error. the obama...
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there's a reason orlando, florida has a hundred -- the university of central florida changes the curriculum every semester to put people into jobs that are opening. there's a reason san diego, california is the human genome capital of the world. same deal, public, private, foundations, people working together. ever since the tea party took over the republican party -- >> boo! >> ever since the tea party took over the republican party, they say it's my way or the highway, we're right all the time. they've beat the distinguished republican senator from indiana, richard luger, their most important foreign policy spokesperson because he was attacked by his opponent for cooperating with president obama on national security. they're nominee actually said, i couldn't make this up, that his happiest day was when he was imposing his opinion on someone else and he wanted the people to send him to washington, so that he could have more partisanship in washington, d.c. now if you want it, you can have it. the people of indiana don't want it, congressman joe donnelly his opponent was ahead by 11 points
there's a reason orlando, florida has a hundred -- the university of central florida changes the curriculum every semester to put people into jobs that are opening. there's a reason san diego, california is the human genome capital of the world. same deal, public, private, foundations, people working together. ever since the tea party took over the republican party -- >> boo! >> ever since the tea party took over the republican party, they say it's my way or the highway, we're right...
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florida and virginia. and that doesn't sound like a guy who thinks they're in the bag. on the other hand the obama camp said it's a desperate flailing around, fact that romney is going to pennsylvania tomorrow because he can't win ohio, guess what? we have a poll today that shows a dead heat in pennsylvania and as we reported earlier, bill clinton is going to make four stops in pennsylvania tomorrow. tell me who is bluffing, who is a serious? i don't know. >> megyn: i know, it drives me nuts. >> i don't think they know. >> that's good, now what? it's going to be an old-fashioned race and we're going to have to sit and you're going to tell us and the exit polls, we could be sitting there on election night at midnight, one, two in the morning and not know who our president is going to be. >> on the flip side, if things turn quickly and it's michael barone's type race, we could know perhaps early in the race, early in the night that things are going that way, if florida, virginia, and then we indications in ohio that it's going romney's way. >> or flip side pennsylvania. >
florida and virginia. and that doesn't sound like a guy who thinks they're in the bag. on the other hand the obama camp said it's a desperate flailing around, fact that romney is going to pennsylvania tomorrow because he can't win ohio, guess what? we have a poll today that shows a dead heat in pennsylvania and as we reported earlier, bill clinton is going to make four stops in pennsylvania tomorrow. tell me who is bluffing, who is a serious? i don't know. >> megyn: i know, it drives me...